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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Alternative Credentialing

Potential “disruptions” to higher education typically portend a diminished
role for the academy in workforce training, as students ditch college for, well,
something else. But one of the most promising alternative credentialing
movements – the manufacturing industry’s system of stackable certificates –
has actually led to a deeper, more symbiotic relationship between employers and
colleges.